In today’s film news roundup, Steven Zaillian’s script for “The Irishman” wins an award, MGM hires a trio of marketing execs, MTV Documentary Films sets three new projects; and “The Caretaker of Lorne Field” is becoming a movie.
Awards
Steven Zaillian’s screenplay for Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” will receive the best original screenplay award at the 24th annual Capri Hollywood International Film Festival.
The award will be presented to Zaillian during festival, which runs between Dec. 27 and Jan. 2.
Tony Renis, the festival’s honorary president, said, “‘The Irishman’ is considered to be one of Scorsese’s greatest films and Zaillian’s script is a true masterpiece. The talented writer is a long-time collaborator of the Italian-American maestro as well as many other great auteurs. His script is a perfect piece of work, which has resulted in remarkable performances brought to life by such movie stars as Robert De Niro,...
Awards
Steven Zaillian’s screenplay for Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” will receive the best original screenplay award at the 24th annual Capri Hollywood International Film Festival.
The award will be presented to Zaillian during festival, which runs between Dec. 27 and Jan. 2.
Tony Renis, the festival’s honorary president, said, “‘The Irishman’ is considered to be one of Scorsese’s greatest films and Zaillian’s script is a true masterpiece. The talented writer is a long-time collaborator of the Italian-American maestro as well as many other great auteurs. His script is a perfect piece of work, which has resulted in remarkable performances brought to life by such movie stars as Robert De Niro,...
- 11/19/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
MGM on Monday announced it’s bolstered its worldwide marketing team, tapping David Luner as executive vice president of worldwide TV marketing, Michael Fisk as executive vice president of film marketing and Val Aveni as vice president of social media and brand strategy.
Luner, Fisk and Aveni will report to MGM’s chief marketing officer Stephen Bruno.
“David, Michael and Val are all highly regarded and forward-thinking marketing executives with impressive track records of innovation and strategic vision,” Bruno said. “As MGM continues to leverage our iconic library of IP and expand our storytelling capabilities, we will look to their collective expertise to help us reach the broadest audiences for our content with globally relevant marketing campaigns across platforms.”
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In his new role as executive vice president of worldwide TV marketing, Luner will oversee content marketing for MGM’s TV division,...
Luner, Fisk and Aveni will report to MGM’s chief marketing officer Stephen Bruno.
“David, Michael and Val are all highly regarded and forward-thinking marketing executives with impressive track records of innovation and strategic vision,” Bruno said. “As MGM continues to leverage our iconic library of IP and expand our storytelling capabilities, we will look to their collective expertise to help us reach the broadest audiences for our content with globally relevant marketing campaigns across platforms.”
Also Read: MGM and Bron Creative Enter Into $100 Million Multi-Picture Co-Financing Deal
In his new role as executive vice president of worldwide TV marketing, Luner will oversee content marketing for MGM’s TV division,...
- 11/18/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
MGM has widened the studio’s marketing bench with the hires of David Luner as Evp Worldwide Television Marketing, Michael Fisk as Evp Film Marketing and Val Aveni as VP Social Media and Brand Strategy. The trio will report into MGM’s chief marketing officer Stephen Bruno.
“David, Michael and Val are all highly regarded and forward-thinking marketing executives with impressive track records of innovation and strategic vision,” said Bruno. “As MGM continues to leverage our iconic library of IP and expand our storytelling capabilities, we will look to their collective expertise to help us reach the broadest audiences for our content with globally relevant marketing campaigns across platforms.”
Luner comes to the studio from Lionsgate, where he was the Evp Worldwide TV Marketing. In his new role he will oversee MGM content marketing for the television division, working closely with the global production and sales teams as well as...
“David, Michael and Val are all highly regarded and forward-thinking marketing executives with impressive track records of innovation and strategic vision,” said Bruno. “As MGM continues to leverage our iconic library of IP and expand our storytelling capabilities, we will look to their collective expertise to help us reach the broadest audiences for our content with globally relevant marketing campaigns across platforms.”
Luner comes to the studio from Lionsgate, where he was the Evp Worldwide TV Marketing. In his new role he will oversee MGM content marketing for the television division, working closely with the global production and sales teams as well as...
- 11/18/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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